On the heels of their 9-0 regular season, Ohio Dominican is picked to win the South Division, garnering six first-place votes and 36
points. Not too far behind is Findlay, who claimed the last first-place vote
and 30 points. With 27 points, Ashland was picked to finish third, followed
by Lake Erie with 16 points. Rounding out
the top-five was Walsh with 16 points, while Tiffin and Malone closed out the preseason ballot with 14
and eight points, respectively. Ties were broken using 2013
order of finish.

The North Division will be a tight race in
2014, with seven points or less standing between the top-five
teams. Grand Valley State, national semifinalists
from a year ago, led the way with 49 points and seven first-place
votes in this year's preseason poll. Ferris State picked up 42 points to finish
second, while Saginaw Valley State claimed the last
first-place vote, but only tallied 35 points to finish third.
Michigan Tech (30 points) and
Hillsdale (26) finished fourth and fifth
respectively to round out the top-five. Wayne
State was not too far behind the Chargers, earning 21
points to finish sixth in the voting. Northern Michigan (12) and Northwood (9) completed the ballot in the
North.

The 2014 Division II football season opens for four GLIAC
members on Thursday, Sept. 4, with the rest of the league starting
play two days later on Saturday, Sept. 6.

The GLIAC Football Preseason Coaches' Poll results
are below. First place votes are in parentheses.

Both video and written team previews are available
by clicking on the team logos to the right.